Degenerative Brain Disease

Health & Medicine

MS and new ways of regenerating our brain’s insulation

New research finds that stimulating myelin production in our brains could help people living with degenerative and disabling neurological diseases like Multiple Sclerosis

Health & Medicine

How much exercise keeps our brains healthy as we age?

New guidelines outline how much physical exercise older Australians concerned about their memory should be aiming for each week, to help maintain brain health

Health & Medicine

‘Rusty’ brains linked to Alzheimer’s

The discovery that high iron levels in the brain can lead to the onset of the devastating disease may pave the way for a treatment

Health & Medicine

Taking the guesswork out of concussion

A simple blood test or scan could soon give a definitive all-clear for players struck in the head to return to the field

Sciences & Technology

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Podcast

Untangling our evolutionary history

Professor Bernard Wood on why greater evidence can make it even harder to trace our origins